URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 550
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
510 PM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  North-central Kansas
  Central Nebraska

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 510 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Isolated severe thunderstorms will continue moving
southeast across the watch area this evening, with a risk for very
large hail and damaging thunderstorm gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles north northeast
of Ainsworth NE to 50 miles east southeast of Hill City KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 547...WW 548...WW 549...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
31035.

...Bunting